Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have heard today that demand for electricity will outstrip supply. Why would it not do so, given that the Government gave in to the Green Party when it closed two Bord na Móna power stations in the middle of the country? Surely the Government will not cave in to the proposal to decommission the Kinsale gas terminal, where we could store gas during the summer months and have it at the ready for the winter. Surely it will not concede on that proposal and exacerbate people's position. The cost of electricity has increased every day since the two power-generating plants in the middle of the country were closed.

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